Eternity
noun
A very long or endless period of time.
We had to wait for what seemed like an eternity.
Often appears as...
- for an eternity
- wait an eternity
noun
In religious terms, a life or state of existence that never ends, usually after death.
He believed in life after death, in eternity.
Often appears as...
- life in eternity
- for all eternity
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Religious
noun
An endless or seemingly endless amount of time.
I have waited an eternity for this moment.
Often appears as...
- an eternity of waiting
- it took an eternity
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Literary
noun
A very long or endless period of time.
We had to wait for what seemed like an eternity.
Often appears as...
- for an eternity
- wait an eternity
noun
In religious terms, a life or state of existence that never ends, usually after death.
He believed in life after death, in eternity.
Often appears as...
- life in eternity
- for all eternity
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Religious
noun
An endless or seemingly endless amount of time.
I have waited an eternity for this moment.
Often appears as...
- an eternity of waiting
- it took an eternity
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Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Exaggerated Duration
Used to express a feeling that time is moving very slowly or waiting has been too long.
The last five minutes of the exam dragged on for an eternity.
Pro Tip 2/2Hyperbolic Speech
Often used to overstate a situation for emotional effect, not to be taken literally.
I haven't seen you in an eternity!
Pro Tip 1/2Exaggerated Duration
Used to express a feeling that time is moving very slowly or waiting has been too long.
The last five minutes of the exam dragged on for an eternity.
Pro Tip 2/2Hyperbolic Speech
Often used to overstate a situation for emotional effect, not to be taken literally.
I haven't seen you in an eternity!
Pro Tip 1/2Exaggerated Duration
Used to express a feeling that time is moving very slowly or waiting has been too long.
The last five minutes of the exam dragged on for an eternity.
Pro Tip 2/2Hyperbolic Speech
Often used to overstate a situation for emotional effect, not to be taken literally.
I haven't seen you in an eternity!
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How I climbed a...
I could hear people laughing on the summit just above me. I wanted to be anywhere but on that slab. My mind was racing in every direction. I knew what I had to do, but I was too afraid to do it. I just had to stand up on my right foot. And so after what felt like an eternity, I accepted what I had to do and I stood up on the right foot,
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How to outsmart the...
will impact those of their adversaries tomorrow. Selfishness may win out in the short-term, but with the proper incentives, peaceful cooperation is not only possible, but demonstrably and mathematically ideal. As for the gingerbread men, their eternity may be pretty crumby, but so long as they go out on a limb,
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The myth of Prometheus -...
Prometheus was to be chained to a cliff for eternity. Each day, he would be visited by a vulture who would tear out his liver and each night his liver would grow back to be attacked again in the morning. Although Prometheus remained in perpetual agony, he never expressed regret at his act of rebellion.
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What coronavirus means...
and printing of money, some of these things you've mentioned. Will those things get us out of this situation, since, as you feel, it's happened before? But how would you think about balancing these tools right now? Yeah, those are the tools since eternity, basically,
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3 questions to ask...
And so they proceeded to engage this gentleman in a very robust discussion of his decision-making skills. My father may have mentioned that he was going to spend eternity in a very fiery place if he didn't find my name on that checklist.
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The tragic myth of...
the king and queen of the dead, he began to sing. He sang of his love for Eurydice, and said she had been taken away too soon. The day would come when she, like all living creatures, dwelled in the land of the dead for all eternity,
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
And I think it makes the world look like this. You really want to get the decision right if it's for all eternity, right? You don't want to pick the wrong mutual fund or wrong salad dressing. So that's one effect.
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The myth of Sisyphus -...
But just as he approached the top, the rock would roll all the way back down, forcing him to start over …and over, and over, for all eternity.
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What would it be like if...
on each other's nerves and so okay great I I think maybe it was maybe four or five hours into eternity and I would
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Wearing a Glove of...
five minutes feels like an eternity but as the gloves come off it's only just beginning
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How I climbed a...
I could hear people laughing on the summit just above me. I wanted to be anywhere but on that slab. My mind was racing in every direction. I knew what I had to do, but I was too afraid to do it. I just had to stand up on my right foot. And so after what felt like an eternity, I accepted what I had to do and I stood up on the right foot,
Video examples
How to outsmart the...
will impact those of their adversaries tomorrow. Selfishness may win out in the short-term, but with the proper incentives, peaceful cooperation is not only possible, but demonstrably and mathematically ideal. As for the gingerbread men, their eternity may be pretty crumby, but so long as they go out on a limb,
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The myth of Prometheus -...
Prometheus was to be chained to a cliff for eternity. Each day, he would be visited by a vulture who would tear out his liver and each night his liver would grow back to be attacked again in the morning. Although Prometheus remained in perpetual agony, he never expressed regret at his act of rebellion.
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What coronavirus means...
and printing of money, some of these things you've mentioned. Will those things get us out of this situation, since, as you feel, it's happened before? But how would you think about balancing these tools right now? Yeah, those are the tools since eternity, basically,
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3 questions to ask...
And so they proceeded to engage this gentleman in a very robust discussion of his decision-making skills. My father may have mentioned that he was going to spend eternity in a very fiery place if he didn't find my name on that checklist.
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The tragic myth of...
the king and queen of the dead, he began to sing. He sang of his love for Eurydice, and said she had been taken away too soon. The day would come when she, like all living creatures, dwelled in the land of the dead for all eternity,
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
And I think it makes the world look like this. You really want to get the decision right if it's for all eternity, right? You don't want to pick the wrong mutual fund or wrong salad dressing. So that's one effect.
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The myth of Sisyphus -...
But just as he approached the top, the rock would roll all the way back down, forcing him to start over …and over, and over, for all eternity.
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What would it be like if...
on each other's nerves and so okay great I I think maybe it was maybe four or five hours into eternity and I would
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Wearing a Glove of...
five minutes feels like an eternity but as the gloves come off it's only just beginning
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
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Leo Buscaglia
American Author
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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William Blake
English Poet
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
I have just got a new theory of eternity.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Today is a part of eternity.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.
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Leo Buscaglia
American Author
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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William Blake
English Poet
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
I have just got a new theory of eternity.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Today is a part of eternity.
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